Briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Instagram adds payments; Alipay introduces money market funds for spare change; Ireland plans a fintech census; Reddit will resume bitcoin payments; California gets more cyrptocurrency ATMs.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: CBA cops to old breach; Ulster Bank's day off hurts mobile pay; Token benefits from PSD2; Ripple deepens its relationship with Standard Chartered.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. cryptocurrency firms ask for more regs; Circle boosts its security; Philadelphia adds transit payments tech; Lots of Americans use cards just for the loyalty points.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard pursues another blockchain patent; PSD2's huge global impact; Ride sharing app Pathao launches a digital wallet; A Swift exec joins the U.K.'s Mansion House Consulting.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. PayPal pushes for an AR glasses patent; Mastercard tests contactless in Poland; Ripple adds more partners; Payments technology continues to accelerate in Singapore.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Citi, BBVA boost Apple Pay's reach; Mastercard extends financial inclusion deal; Biometrics advances for foreign exchange; Lattesso brews blockchain marketing.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BigCommerce gets a big investment; Mobile payments get a virtual currency; Monzo's expansion from payments accelerates; Facial authentication gets more sophisticated; A key that opens all of the hotel rooms.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon suffers a hack; The Fed issues new faster payments-related guidance; Paperless B2B payments advance in Indonesia; Contactless transit pay matures in London.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Travel agency changes crypto converters; Cross-border payments as a retail recovery play; Bottomline Technologies adds a new API; A bank's rough technology conversion causes data breach.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: All four major card brands are on board with a single online "button"; EU tightens prepaid and cryptocurrency regs; PayByPhone appoints a new CEO; Ireland preps to be a Brexit landing spot.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square ups delivery game; Allianz turns to blockchain for cross-border transfers; EMV advances globally; Checkout.com expands to Saudi Arabia.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon's folding Whole Foods loyalty program into Prime; Mastercard and Visa plan a new payments button; Google Pay extends to private jets; Snapchat adds shopping; Supply chain tech expands in Africa; TranserWise joins the U.K.'s faster payments program.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Interac's in the Middle East; Revolut adds cryptocurrency to round up feature; ActionFraud unwittingly used by fraudsters; WeChat and Alipay extend support for traveler payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: QR codes expand for payments in the Philippines and checking in the UAE; Worldpay adds support for new integrated point of sale technology; Mastercard applies for a patent for a blockchain identity security system.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Australian banks oppose open banking; Louisiana town plots its own currency; No more FOMO for bitcoin; Russia plans its own mobile payment system.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: China's version of Amazon Go grows quickly; The cops end a blockchain event in Beijing; Mastercard's hiring AI experts; Will tariffs make POS hardware more expensive?

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amex launches a branding campaign; Uber links to mass transit; Taiwan regulates crypto; Long Blockchain faces delisting; Is more data more important than faster payments?

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: NAB's in the middle of a payments fraud probe; Russia moves to faster payments; ATM attacks on the rise; Unauthorized cryptomining is an expanding threat.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay gets a boost from Ripple; HSBC uses AI to fight money laundering; Banco Santander recruits payments vets; Tech help desk fraud.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Starbucks, Samsung team on voice ordering; Spain cracks down on cryptocurrency; Walmart bolsters online order pickup; SEC freezes Longfin's crypto trades; UFO coin.